Need to spend the paycheck: Best non niche dry herbal fragrance?

Title says it all. I've got a couple of scents I already have budgeted in for purchase (Eau Sauvage, Third Man) and I'm in the market for a dry herbal designer fragrance, or niche if I can get it under 100 dollars. Thoughts?

Re: Need to spend the paycheck: Best non niche dry herbal fragrance?

Re: Need to spend the paycheck: Best non niche dry herbal fragrance?

Originally Posted by mudassir

Aramis 900

My first thought as well!

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel both and be one traveler, long I stood and looked down one as far as I could to where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, ...... I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. - Robert Frost

Re: Need to spend the paycheck: Best non niche dry herbal fragrance?

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel both and be one traveler, long I stood and looked down one as far as I could to where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, ...... I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. - Robert Frost

Re: Need to spend the paycheck: Best non niche dry herbal fragrance?

The Aramis would be a good choice but the first one that came to mind here was Yatagan. It would certainly meet your quest for 'dry' and it's certainly aromatic trending toward herbal. If you can find a bottle with a black cap on it, so much the better. A good one that is a little harder to come by is Sud Est by Romeo Gigli. Also dry, it's an interesting herbal floral mix that smells a lot more than it costs.

Re: Need to spend the paycheck: Best non niche dry herbal fragrance?

Actually, I find 900 to feel very wet with its slippery, rose and aldehyde accord. If you want to have a natural smelling, dry herbal you couldn't do any better than Aramis Tuscany. A staple for an everyman classics shelf, sitting very proudly next to Azzaro pour Homme and Yatagan.